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Unrelated badge ideas: 1. Write a watcher that periodically reports whether you’re actively using a coding-related app (Terminal, VS Code, etc.) to a server yo

by oefrha 6y ago

Unrelated badge ideas: 1. Write a watcher that periodically reports whether you’re actively using a coding-related app (Terminal, VS Code, etc.) to a server you control, and serve a “coding”/“not coding” badge on your profile page; (could even detect which project you’re working on, and display that;) 2. Write an Apple Watch app that periodically reports whether you’re asleep, and serve a “sleeping”/“awake”/“unknown” badge on your profile page.

abjKT26nO8 6y ago
Sounds dystopian.
- deleted 6y ago
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saagarjha 6y ago
> Write a watcher that periodically reports whether you’re actively using a coding-related app (Terminal, VS Code, etc.) to a server you control, and serve a “coding”/“not coding” badge on your profile page; (could even detect which project you’re working on, and display that;) Sounds like Discord.
levosmetalo 6y ago
3. Write an integration to the local cemetery, and after funeral is successfully detected serve "alive/dead" badge on the profile page.
- jamil7 6y ago
  Maybe closer to reality than we think.
  - wallflower 6y ago
    > A cemetery in Slovenia just created a prototype digital tombstone that allows mourners to broadcast videos and images of the deceased in place of the traditional grey grave marker. The weatherproof 48-inch screens cost about $3,200 and have been built to resist vandals, Reuters reported. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-creepy-3200-digital-tombstone-has-a-48-inch-screen-to-broadcast-dead-peoples-wishes-2017-04-10-888169 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-creepy-3200-digital-t...
- xwdv 6y ago
  4. A badge that shows how much money you have earned YTD
- fabiospampinato 6y ago
  Writing tests for this feature might be difficult.
  - mahaganapati 6y ago
    Just mock death
  - tobr 6y ago
    This might be a good plot for a who-dunnit.
    - simcop2387 6y ago
      git commit murder https://www.amazon.com/commit-murder-Michael-Warren-Lucas-ebook/dp/B06XTY4GP5 https://www.amazon.com/commit-murder-Michael-Warren-Lucas-eb...
  - microtherion 6y ago
    Because I could not test for Death He kindly test'd for me — The Fixture held but just Ourselves — And TCP/IP
  - aledalgrande 6y ago
    you'd need a few "fixtures"
divbyzer0 6y ago
Would this Apple Watch app be able to detect increased heart rate and brisk hand movements? Asking for a friend.
- oefrha 6y ago
  Not sure that sort of low level access is possible while the app is backgrounded. However, automatic sleep trackers have been available without official API since what, watchOS 2? So maybe. You can also try to convince Apple to add that workout type. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207934 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207934 Look forward to WWDC 2021, introducing the favorite workout type of billions of people.
- BlahGod420 6y ago
  Emphasis on the singular form of hand, with the occasional switch. cough Clarifying for a friend.
- jldugger 6y ago
  Yes, that's how you trigger Siri.
- cvs268 6y ago
  What will one do with that bit of info? Find out who's currently excited about demonstrating middle-out compression to one's mates? :-)
nomdep 6y ago
Why would you want to broadcast that to the whole world?
ebg13 6y ago
Write an app for your home automation system that reports whether you're around, and serve a "defended"/"safe to rob my house" badge on your profile page.
deleted 6y ago
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raxod502 6y ago
My GitHub profile is automatically updated with the estimated length of my email backlog: https://github.com/raxod502/github-email-backlog https://github.com/raxod502/github-email-backlog
- strombofulous 6y ago
  Honest question from someone about to graduate - why do you have a 10 day email backlog as a recent grad? Are you getting that many recruitment emails?
flak48 6y ago
Something like this was my first programming project when I was 12... I had built a web service where you could get a unique URL for a .jpg and use it as your signature in forums. On the other end you had a Winamp plugin that you had to install that updated the currently playing song. The php file that served the jpg just used imagemagick to build the image. So you could display what song you were listening or what the last song you were listening to was to everyone in the forum. You could pick your theme as well for the image. No signup required. Man this brings back memories... and also makes me feel bad that after all these years and a college degree I was probably smarter, faster and more productive as a 12 year old. This was just hosting a php +MySQL db on a free cpanel host (I think 110mb.com) and none of that isomorphic lambda react firebase vercel kubernetes jazz and it still worked beautifully.
- kohtatsu 6y ago
  Nice! Mine was similar, for a browser game called Tribal Wars. Same stack; I (ab)used the referrer header to determine who was requesting the image (from a village ID in the header). I'd embed it in tribe forum posts to mark people as read, display dynamic stats for points, tribes, villages and such. Sometimes I'd do shenanigans like "[current person] is a noob". It really threw people in a loop as nobody had developed anything similar ;)
ulisesrmzroche 6y ago
Taking a dump/taking a whizz/blocked

by oefrha 6y ago

abjKT26nO8 6y ago

Sounds dystopian.

deleted 6y ago
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saagarjha 6y ago

> Write a watcher that periodically reports whether you’re actively using a coding-related app (Terminal, VS Code, etc.) to a server you control, and serve a “coding”/“not coding” badge on your profile page; (could even detect which project you’re working on, and display that;) Sounds like Discord.

levosmetalo 6y ago

3. Write an integration to the local cemetery, and after funeral is successfully detected serve "alive/dead" badge on the profile page.

jamil7 6y ago
Maybe closer to reality than we think.
- wallflower 6y ago
  > A cemetery in Slovenia just created a prototype digital tombstone that allows mourners to broadcast videos and images of the deceased in place of the traditional grey grave marker. The weatherproof 48-inch screens cost about $3,200 and have been built to resist vandals, Reuters reported. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-creepy-3200-digital-tombstone-has-a-48-inch-screen-to-broadcast-dead-peoples-wishes-2017-04-10-888169 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-creepy-3200-digital-t...
xwdv 6y ago
4. A badge that shows how much money you have earned YTD
fabiospampinato 6y ago
Writing tests for this feature might be difficult.
- mahaganapati 6y ago
  Just mock death
- tobr 6y ago
  This might be a good plot for a who-dunnit.
  - simcop2387 6y ago
    git commit murder https://www.amazon.com/commit-murder-Michael-Warren-Lucas-ebook/dp/B06XTY4GP5 https://www.amazon.com/commit-murder-Michael-Warren-Lucas-eb...
- microtherion 6y ago
  Because I could not test for Death He kindly test'd for me — The Fixture held but just Ourselves — And TCP/IP
- aledalgrande 6y ago
  you'd need a few "fixtures"

divbyzer0 6y ago

Would this Apple Watch app be able to detect increased heart rate and brisk hand movements? Asking for a friend.

oefrha 6y ago
Not sure that sort of low level access is possible while the app is backgrounded. However, automatic sleep trackers have been available without official API since what, watchOS 2? So maybe. You can also try to convince Apple to add that workout type. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207934 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207934 Look forward to WWDC 2021, introducing the favorite workout type of billions of people.
BlahGod420 6y ago
Emphasis on the singular form of hand, with the occasional switch. cough Clarifying for a friend.
jldugger 6y ago
Yes, that's how you trigger Siri.
cvs268 6y ago
What will one do with that bit of info? Find out who's currently excited about demonstrating middle-out compression to one's mates? :-)

nomdep 6y ago

Why would you want to broadcast that to the whole world?

ebg13 6y ago

Write an app for your home automation system that reports whether you're around, and serve a "defended"/"safe to rob my house" badge on your profile page.

deleted 6y ago

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raxod502 6y ago

My GitHub profile is automatically updated with the estimated length of my email backlog: https://github.com/raxod502/github-email-backlog https://github.com/raxod502/github-email-backlog

strombofulous 6y ago
Honest question from someone about to graduate - why do you have a 10 day email backlog as a recent grad? Are you getting that many recruitment emails?

flak48 6y ago

Something like this was my first programming project when I was 12... I had built a web service where you could get a unique URL for a .jpg and use it as your signature in forums. On the other end you had a Winamp plugin that you had to install that updated the currently playing song. The php file that served the jpg just used imagemagick to build the image. So you could display what song you were listening or what the last song you were listening to was to everyone in the forum. You could pick your theme as well for the image. No signup required. Man this brings back memories... and also makes me feel bad that after all these years and a college degree I was probably smarter, faster and more productive as a 12 year old. This was just hosting a php +MySQL db on a free cpanel host (I think 110mb.com) and none of that isomorphic lambda react firebase vercel kubernetes jazz and it still worked beautifully.

kohtatsu 6y ago
Nice! Mine was similar, for a browser game called Tribal Wars. Same stack; I (ab)used the referrer header to determine who was requesting the image (from a village ID in the header). I'd embed it in tribe forum posts to mark people as read, display dynamic stats for points, tribes, villages and such. Sometimes I'd do shenanigans like "[current person] is a noob". It really threw people in a loop as nobody had developed anything similar ;)

ulisesrmzroche 6y ago

Taking a dump/taking a whizz/blocked